I tried to use my boyfriend, Chad, as a dress form to make a corset top...it didn't work. So I broke down and measured myself, and made a pattern. It took me a really long time! I chopped up a houndstooth skirt and a tube dress for the outer fabric and the lining, and some threaded some red ribbon in the holes I put in the front and created a corset-style top. I can't wait to get a grommet kit to make the holes look better.